using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.tool.xml;
/*
 * $Id: WritableElement.java 96 2011-05-24 13:48:42Z redlab_b $
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namespace iTextSharp.tool.xml.pipeline {

    /**
     * A WritableElement holds all elements that need to be added to a Document.
     * It's used at least in the HTML processing of the XMLWorker.
     * @author redlab_b
     *
     */
    public class WritableElement : IWritable {

        private List<IElement> list;
        /**
         *
         */
        public WritableElement() {
            this.list = new List<IElement>();
        }
        /**
         * Construct a WritableElement
         * @param e an element to add to the list of elements.
         */
        public WritableElement(IElement e): this() {
            this.list.Add(e);
        }

        /**
         * Add a single element to the list of elements.
         * @param e an IElement
         */
        virtual public void Add(IElement e) {
            list.Add(e);
        }

        /**
         * add all elements to the list. (Note do not submit 1
         * com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph this : from ArrayList, and just the
         * Content will be added....)
         *
         * @param l the list to add.
         */
        virtual public void AddAll(IList<IElement> l) {
            list.AddRange(l);
        }
        /**
         * Returns the list of elements.
         * @return the list of elements.
         */
        virtual public IList<IElement> Elements() {
            return list;
        }

    }
}
